Report: 49ers restructure Jon Baldwin’s contract

49ers wide receiver Jon Baldwin has reportedly taken a salary cut for 2014.

According to Field Yates of ESPN.com, Baldwin’s base salary has been reduced from $1.4 million to $645,000.

Baldwin can make up the difference in incentives, Yates reported, but the wide receiver would have to play at least 80 percent of the offensive snaps, catch at least 65 passes and rack up more than 800 yards receiving to reach $1.4 million in compensation.

The 24-year-old Baldwin appeared in seven regular-season games for the 49ers in 2013, catching three passes for 28 yards. The 49ers acquired him from Kansas City in August.

Baldwin is in the final year of his contract. He was the Chiefs’ No. 1 pick in 2011.

Baldwin is making as much money as he can….He ain’t that good and the trade for AJ Jenkins was brilliant. If you are a wide receiver with Andy Reid and he trades you…that says it all.

goldrush36 says:Feb 20, 2014 1:14 PM

It doesn’t matter. Even if they drafted Evans, Watkins, or Benjamin… There is no way the #3,WR is getting those #’s let alone the #5 lol. Hell with Roman in town and Vernon Davis on the team it will be a miracle if the #2 even gets there

49er fans were laughing their *sses off believing they got the better end of the deal in the Jenkins/Baldwin trade. In Baldwin’s three year career he has been targeted 108 times with 44 receptions for a total of 607 yards which equates to 13.8 yards per reception catching passes 41% of the times he was targeted. At that completion % rate he will need to be targeted over 160 times to catch 65 passes.
Jenkins played in three regular/post-season games while with the 49er. Never caught a pass, no statics available showing how many times he was targeted. Since joining the Chiefs he played in 16
games,targeted 18 times with 8 catches for a total of 130 yards which equates to 16.25 yards per reception and a 44% completion rate. Now I ask who got the better end of that trade?

wichitachiefsfan says:Feb 21, 2014 7:29 AM

The Chiefs coaches worked with Jenkins and he had started to come around in the second half of the season and made some nice catches.

Jenkins had 8 catches for 130yds during the regular season, (most were in the games late in the season). He also had one catch for 27 yds in the wildcard playoff game vs the Colts.

Reid has already said that he likes how Jenkins has turned his game around and is looking forward to see if he can continue to progress next season.